Mines in Towns County, Georgia

32Total
1Active

Towns County, Georgia has 32 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System and MSHA. 1 are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is gold, with 25 sites.

By Status

Prospect · 15Past Producer · 12Occurrence · 2Abandoned · 2Producer · 1

Top Commodities

Gold · 25Crushed, Broken Granite · 2Stone, Crushed/Broken · 1Silica · 1Corundum · 1Copper, Iron-Pyrite · 1
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Active Mines in Towns County

MineOperatorCommodityTypeStatus
Cynth Creek Quarry—Stone, Crushed/BrokenSurfaceProducer

All Mines in Towns County

MineCommodityTypeStatusSource
Cynth Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenSurfaceProducerMRDS
Bell Mtn Silica MineSilicaSurfacePast ProducerMRDS
Berrong Prospect (johnson Copper Prospect)Copper, Iron-PyriteOccurrenceMRDS
BrownGoldProspectMRDS
Chastain (Branch) MineGoldProspectMRDS
Chastian Placer MineGoldSurfacePast ProducerMRDS
E.r. Brown MineGoldProspectMRDS
Eller MineGoldProspectMRDS
Harrison Chester White QuarryCrushed, Broken GraniteSurfaceAbandonedMSHA
Hiawassee QuarryCrushed, Broken GraniteSurfaceAbandonedMSHA
Hog Creek Corundum MineCorundumSurface-UndergroundPast ProducerMRDS
Hooper & Berong ProspectGoldPast ProducerMRDS
Horse VeinGoldOccurrenceMRDS
Horse VeinGoldProspectMRDS
Hunt MineGoldProspectMRDS
Kerby ProspectGoldProspectMRDS
M. Kinsey MineGoldPast ProducerMRDS
Malden ProspectGoldPast ProducerMRDS
McConell EstateSurfacePast ProducerMRDS
Murdock Vein MineGoldPast ProducerMRDS
N. Brown (brown Shaft ?)GoldProspectMRDS
Newton MineGoldPast ProducerMRDS
Newton Placer MineGoldPlacerPast ProducerMRDS
Old Field MineGoldProspectMRDS
PittsburgGoldProspectMRDS
Skeet HooperGoldProspectMRDS
Smith MineGoldProspectMRDS
StrubyGoldProspectMRDS
Wellborn HillGoldProspectMRDS
Wellborn Hill MineGoldUndergroundPast ProducerMRDS
Welsh Post OfficeGoldProspectMRDS
Wills Creek MineGoldPast ProducerMRDS

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